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Neds (also known as Non-Educated Delinquents, stylised as NEDS) is a 2010 coming-of-age drama film directed and written by Peter Mullan. Set in Scotland, the film centres on John McGill (Conor McCarron), a teenager growing up in 1970s Glasgow. John's story follows his involvement with the city's youth culture and its impact on his development ...
Neds: Directed by Peter Mullan. With Conor McCarron, Greg Forrest, Joe Szula, Mhairi Anderson. Encompassed by violent street gangs, neglectful parents, bullying teachers and a dearth of positive role models, a studious but emotionally abandoned kid turns thug.
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- Drama
- Peter Mullan
- 2011-04-20
Synopsis. Neds (Non-Educated Delinquents) is a dark coming-of-age film that follows the story of John McGill (Conor McCarron), a young boy growing up in 1970s Glasgow. While a brilliant student who excels in his studies at school, his studious nature causes conflicts with his working-class family and the wider, gang-riddled neighborhood. John's ...
After being threatened by an older boy from the boys high school, he seeks help from his older brother Benny to sort it out for him. Benny plays the generic hard man big brother whose gone off the ...
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- Martin Bell
- Peter Mullan
- Drama
Jan 20, 2011 · NEDs (Non Educated Delinquents) is the story of a young man’s journey from prize-winning schoolboy to knife-carrying teenager. Struggling against the low expectations of those around him, John McGill changes from victim to avenger, scholar to NED, altar boy to glue sniffer. When he attempts to change back again, his new reality and recent past make conformity near impossible and violent self ...
Jan 21, 2011 · Actor/director Peter Mullan describes NEDS, his third film as director (after Orphans and The Magdalene Sisters), as “personal but not autobiographical”, although it undoubtedly draws heavily on his working-class upbringing in 1970s Glasgow. He was, like his lead character John McGill, the academically gifted younger brother of a local hard man, determined to do well at school and escape ...
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MPAA RATING. Rated R. RUNNING TIME. 124 Mins. DISTRIBUTED BY. Tribeca Film (USA) "NEDS" Review. The third film from writer/director Peter Mullan, after Orphans and the incredible The Magdalene Sisters, NEDS finds Mullan as angry and intense as ever with his fury this time directed at the roots of violence both communal and familial.
